David Willoughby

Biography

I am a Criminology student currently attending classes for my first degree, one of what might become many. When I am asked what I want to do with my degree I always get strange looks, I want to be a writer. However it is not that strange if you think about it. More so than any degree Criminology offers a unique benefit to writers. It is the unique and scientific dissection of bad guys and the people in the real world who work to catch them. Can you believe someone is actually going to give me a degree for studying this? How cool is that?

Books

In a future following an unknown disaster, well after all our current and beloved countries have collapsed, governments adapt science and modernist ideologies to create new methods of rule. The Crimson Witch is the story of one mans struggle with the system of citizenship in his city-state of Sonata.

Lanterns in the Dark is a collection of short stories revolving around the darker side of the human psyche. It brings a certain lightness that only fiction can bring to issues of criminal intent, human breeding, and questions about the destructive capacity of society. So, even as the stories walk you in to the depths of the darkness, I will always makes sure to loft a lantern to light your way.

A prequel to the tale of pirates and werewolves mixed in frenzied combat beneath the traitorous moon. This prequel to "The Fate of the Black March" relates the story of Mackett's ascension to the command of the Crimson Wraith.

In a story that follows the conclusion of industrialization in the average fantasy universe a terrible weapon has been crafted in secrecy. Jason Oler joins a a group of adventurers on a quest to reveal the horrific nature of the weapon to the people before it falls in to the wrong hands.

A story styled after the works of H.P. Lovecraft explores the potential for the bizarre and terrifying in even the most mundane settings. A group of students moves in to a new apartment complex and confronts the things that go bump in the dark.

A short tale about pirates and werewolves as chronicled by the Black March's doctor. This story falls in with a series of short stories detailing the journeys of a pirate named Mackett and his cursed vessel the Crimson Wraith.